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Province o Segovia

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Segovia
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Map o Spain wi Segovia heichlichtit
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Coordinates: 41°10′N 4°00′W / 41.167°N 4.000°W / 41.167; -4.000Coordinates: 41°10′N 4°00′W / 41.167°N 4.000°W / 41.167; -4.000
KintraSpain
Autonomous commontyCastile an León
CaipitalSegovia
Area
 • Total6920.65 km2 (2,672.08 sq mi)
Area rankRankit 37t
 1.35% of Spain
Population
 (2012)
 • Total163,701
 • RankRankit 48t
 • Density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
 0.35% of Spain
Demonym(s)Spaingie: Segoviano/a
Offeecial leid(s)Spainyie
PairlamentCortes Generales
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Segovia is a province o central/northren Spain, in the soothren pairt o the autonomous commonty o Castile an León. It is bordered bi the provinces o Burgos, Soria, Guadalajara, Madrid, Ávila, an Valladolid.

The province haes a population o 149,286, o whom abot 35% live in the caipital, Segovia. O the 209 municipalities in the province, mair nor hauf are veelages wi unner 200 fowk.

The oreegin o the name Segovia is said o Celtiberian oreegin, but thocht it wis derivit frae the Visigoth conquest an occupation o Castile by the Goths, a Scandinavie/Germanic tribe livit in Castile frae the 4t tae 6t centuries AD.

See Leet o municipalities in Segovia.